Collapsible seats, stands or the like

Claim 1

A UNITARY COLLAPSIBLE SEAT, STAND OR THE LIKE, IN POSITION OF THE USE BEING CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING A PERSON WEIGHING 150 POUNDS WHEN SEATED THEREON AND COMPRISING A FIRST PAIR OF UPRIGHT PANELS DISPOSED IN DIVERGING RELATIONSHIP AND HINGEDLY CONNECTED TO EACH OTHER AT TWO CORRESPONDING VERTICAL ENDS THEREOF WHEREBY THEY ARE SWINGABLE LATERALLY TOWARDS EACH OTHER TO REDUCE THE EXTENT OF DIVERGENCE THEREBETWEEN AND TO DISPOSE THEM IN COLLAPSED POSITION, A SECOND PAIR OF UPRIGHT PANELS DISPOSED IN DIVERGING RELATIONSHIP AND EXTENDING INWARDLY A MATERIAL DISTANCE INTO THE SPACE BETWEEN SAID FIRST PAIR OF PANELS, WITH THE INTERNAL ANGLE OF DIVERGENCE BETWEEN SAID SECOND PAIR OF PANELS BEING MATERIALLY LESS THAN 180* AND GREATER THAN THAT OF SAID FIRST PAIR, THE WIDTH OF EACH PANEL OF SAID SECONE PAIR BEING LESS THAN THE WIDTH OF EACH PANEL OF SAID FIRST PAIR, SAID SECOND PAIR PANELS HIGEDLY CONNECTED TO EACH OTHER AT CORRESPONDING VERTICAL ENDS THEREOF DISPOSED NEAR EACH OTHER AND LOCATED IN THE SPACE BETWEEN SAID FIRST PAIR OF PANELS AND HINGEDLY CONNECTED TO SAID FIRST PAIR OF PANELS AT THE OTHER VERTICAL ENDS THEREOF AND THE OTHER VERTICAL ENDS OF SAID FIRST PAIR OF PANELS, WHEREBY SAID SECOND PAIR OF PANELS ARE SWINGABLE TOWARDS EACH OTHER TO COLLAPSED POSITION WITHIN THE SPACE BETWEEN SAID FIRST PAIR OF PANELS UPON SWINGING OF THE LATTER PAIR TOWARDS EACH OTHER TO COLLAPSED POSITION, AND A PAIR OF TOP PANELS TOGETHER BEING A SUPPORT SUPPORTED BY SAID TWO PAIRS OF UPRIGHT PANELS, SAID TOP PANELS BEING APPROXIMATELY HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED, CONNECTED TO EACH OTHER AND TO SAID FIRST PAIR OF PANELS, AND OF SUCH WIDTHWISE DIMENSIONS AS TO PREVENT SAID SECOND PAIR OF PANELS FROM MOVING OUTWARDLY BEYOND THE SPACE BETWEEN SAID FIRST PAIR OF PANELS AND TO LIMIT THE MAXIMUM INTERNAL ANGLE OF DIVERGENCE BETWEEN SAID SECOND PAIR OF PANELS TO MATERIALLY LESS THAN 180*, SAID TOP PANELS HINGEDLY CONNECTED TO EACH OTHER AT A PAIR OF CORRESPONDING INNER ENDS THEREOF, THE CORRESPONDING OUTER ENDS OF SAID TOP PANELS BEING IN DIVERGING RELATIONSHIP WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER, SAID TOP PANELS AT SAID OUTER DIVERGING ENDS BEING HINGEDLY CONNECTED TO THE HORIZONTAL ENDS OF SAID FIRST PAIR OF PANELS, WHEREBY SAID TOP PANELS ARE SWINGABLE TOWARDS EACH OTHER TO COLLAPSED POSITION IN SPACE OUTSIDE OF THE SPACE BETWEEN SAID FIRST PAIR OF PANELS WHEN IN COLLAPSED CONDITION, SAID FIRST AND SECOND PAIRS OF PANELS AUTOMATICALLY SWINGING TO SAID COLLAPSED POSITIONS THEREOF SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH AND UPON SWINGING SAID TOP PANELS TO SAID COLLAPSED POSITION THEREOF, THEREBY TO PROVIDE A COMPACT, CARRIABLE UNIT ADAPTABLE TO BE CONVERTED TO SAID POSITION OF USE BY SWINGING SAID TOP PANELS DOWNWARDLY TOWARDS THE NORMALLY UPPER ENDS OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND PAIR OF PANELS THEREBY TO CAUSE SAID FIRST AND SECOND PAIRS OF PANELS TO BE SWUNG OUTWARDLY AND THEREBY DISPOSE THEM AS HEREINBEFORE DEFINED WHEN SAID UNIT IS POSITION OF USE.